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All hail our innovative Big Pharma overlords, riding to the rescue to save the world from the scourge of covid-19 with their vaccine developed at record-breaking speed!  Well, not quite....

IN ‘A PREDICTABLE CRISIS’, published by Common Weal on 20 May, my first recommendation was that the Scottish Government should develop a national plan to protect older people in care...

Is funding announced by the Scottish government last week enough to provide support to the increase in volume of young people experiencing mental health issues? Childline has heard from almost...

With the US Presidential election all over except for the lawsuits, the hot-takes and the tantrums, let’s look ahead to Scotland’s big election in six months time. What can we...

In the first part of a new series of essays, Dr Craig Dalzell and Ellen Höfer examine how the independence movement can apply pressure on a seemingly immovable UK Government...

IN A SPEECH before his execution on a cold January morning, after donning a silk nightcap to keep his flowing hair from interfering with the blow of the axe, Charles...

How does indyref 2039 sound to you? Or indyref 2054? Scottish Secretary Alister Jack has sought to harden the UK Government’s position on opposing the right to decide on independence....

“THE SECURITY we are providing will protect millions of jobs,” Chancellor Rishi Sunak told the House of Commons today (5 November). He added, for the sake of the Union, that...

Sue Palmer, chair of Upstart Scotland, asks whether Scotland’s National Improvement Framework is helping to close the poverty-related attainment gap, or whether it’s time to do things differently. NICOLA STURGEON...

I DON’T THINK there is really any doubt that Scotland’s democracy is in trouble. I’ve made my strong concerns clear and an awful lot of people agree. But thankfully there...